Rainbow Electronics DS12C887 - Manual (Page 7)

DS12C887
7 of 19
CONTROL REGISTERS
The DS12C887 has four control registers which are accessible at all times, even during the update cycle.
REGISTER A
MSB LSB
BIT 7 BIT 6 BIT 5 BIT 4 BIT 3 BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0
UIP DV2 DV1 DV0 RS3 RS2 RS1 RS0
UIP - The Update In Progress (UIP) bit is a status flag that can be monitored. When the UIP bit is a 1, the
update transfer will soon occur. When UIP is a 0, the update transfer will not occur for at least 244
µ s.
The time, calendar, and alarm information in RAM is fully available for access when the UIP bit is 0. The
UIP bit is read-only and is not affected by RESET . Writing the SET bit in Register B to a 1 inhibits any
update transfer and clears the UIP status bit.
DV2, DV1, DV0 - These three bits are used to turn the oscillator on or off and to reset the countdown
chain. A pattern of 010 is the only combination of bits that will turn the oscillator on and allow the RTC
to keep time. A pattern of 11X will enable the oscillator but holds the countdown chain in reset. The next
update will occur at 500 ms after a pattern of 010 is written to DV0, DV1, and DV2.
RS3, RS2, RS1, RS0 - These four rate-selection bits select one of the 13 taps on the 15-stage divider or
disable the divider output. The tap selected can be used to generate an output square wave (SQW pin)
and/or a periodic interrupt. The user can do one of the following:
1. Enable the interrupt with the PIE bit;
2. Enable the SQW output pin with the SQWE bit;
3. Enable both at the same time and the same rate; or
4. Enable neither
Table 1 lists the periodic interrupt rates and the square wave frequencies that can be chosen with the RS
bits. These four read/write bits are not affected by RESET .